Bibliograph

Culture wars, Mitchell Young, book editor

Type

Label

Culture wars, Mitchell Young, book editor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-205) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Culture wars

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

145146641

Responsibility statement

Mitchell Young, book editor

Series statement

Opposing viewpoints series

Table Of Contents

How does the culture war affect politics in the United States? American politics are divided by culture / Robert Reich ; Political division masks cultural agreement in the United States / Jonathan Rauch ; Rich elitists seek to impose their values on traditional America / Domenick Maglio ; Conservative politicians encourage resentment against liberal policy makers / David A. Horowitz -- Is there a culture war between believers and humanists? Humanists have expelled Christianity from the classroom / David Limbaugh ; Conflicts over prayer in schools are deeply rooted in American history / Jonathan Zimmerman ; Conservative Catholic organization Opus Dei thrives on culture war / Rob Boston ; State neutrality allows peaceful coexistence between the religious and nonbelievers / Thomas W. Clark ; Advocates promote a new type of creationism as scientific / Barbara Forrest and Glenn Branch ; The law requires the teaching of critiques of Darwinism / David K. DeWolf and Seth L. Cooper -- Is the culture war going global? Religious conservatives find common ground in the culture war / Cristina Odone ; Secularism and Islam challenge traditional Christian culture in Europe / George Weigel ; Population decline may make conservatives culture war victors / Stanley Kurtz ; Secular-progressives hinder America's efforts in the war on terror / Bill O'Reilly ; Conservatives use the war on terror to advance their political agenda / Tom De Luca and John Buell -- Is the culture war a matter of economics? Conservative politicians use the culture war to mask economic problems / Thomas Frank ; Working Americans value both self-reliance and community / David Callahan ; Unbridled capitalism leads to cultural decay in the United States / Neal Wood ; Conservatives must look beyond free market values / Rod Dreher ; Free-market culture gives people the liberty they crave / Charles Paul Freund ; There is a culture war over the countryside / Roger Scruton

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